The government expects private sector’s participation in the auction of two gold mines by Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, even as there have been few takers
for limestone blocks.

As of January 15, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have put one gold mine each under the hammer.

“Chhattisgarh will also auction a gold mine in the first week of March. Jharkhand too has one,” Mines Secretary Balvinder Kumar said